Articles

God important to Gillard? You wouldn’t read about it

PUBLISHED IN 'THE PUNCH '. This is a joint submission by Christopher Pyne MP, Shadow Minister for Education, and Alan Tudge MP. Federal Member for Aston. As is often the case, the Gillard Government says one thing and does another. If Julia Gillard thinks that people should know their Bible st... ... (23-Mar)

Integrating Indigenous Australians in the real economy

PUBLISHED THE ABC WEBSITE. The Prime Minister’s 2011 "Closing the Gap" Statement was passionately delivered earlier this month, but her fine words could not disguise the fact that there is little evidence of progress, and no convincing plan, that gives us hope that next year’s Statement ... ... (23-Feb)

Best in Class

PUBLISHED IN 'AUSTRALIAN POLITY' - Volume 1 (Number 5), 20 December, 2010. Apart from domestic and national security, the two main duties of government are economic growth and social cohesion. Education policy is unique among policy issues because it has such an enormous impact on economi... ... (20-Dec)

Raise teacher entry levels and lower the barriers to high flyers

PUBLISHED IN 'THE AUSTRALIAN'. TOUGH decisions needed to make Australian teaching world class. The most contentious of the necessary reforms is to fire bad teachers. The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report on secondary school achievement shows our top students ... ... (13-Dec)

Lessons in closing the education gap

PUBLISHED IN 'THE AUSTRALIAN'. A GROUP of students came from the Ntaria School in central Australia to the surf of Sydney earlier this month. The trip was a reward for school attendance and performance. At Ntaria, attendance has increased from 50 per cent to 80 per cent and enrolment has almos... ... (20-Sep)